March 2010

  • Don't Let a Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis Stop You from your Dreams

    By wildorchid on 3/30/10 5:00pm
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    FishFishI recently watched Oliver Sacks give a TED talk entitled, “What Hallucination Reveals about our Minds”. The writer and scientist talked about an amazing older woman who had experienced hallucinations while in her 90’s due to blindness, but was otherwise healthy.

    The woman received comfort from the fact that her condition had a particular name and the fact that it didn’t mean that she was just crazy. Having an actual diagnosis for strange things that you can experience can actually come as a relief, but I also think for some  cases, the diagnosis can be too limiting for the patients as they start to consider all of the things that they can’t do.


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  • Fight Club Author Chuck Pahlaniuk's Inpirational Advice

    By wildorchid on 3/15/10 5:05pm
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    Chuck PalahniukChuck PalahniukChuck Palahniuk, known primarily for authoring “The Fight Club”, his penchant for writing about support groups, and for having a name that even his most ardent of fans cannot pronounce, just wrote an “inspirational” article for Men’s Health with specific advice about how to make your life worth living.

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  • Cilantro Pesto to Get Rid of Mercury Poisoning

    By wildorchid on 3/8/10 5:02pm
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    Cilantro Pesto for Chelation TherapyCilantro Pesto for Chelation TherapyMy uncle has Bioplar Disorder I, the same as I do, so there isn’t really a doubt in mind that my Bipolar Disorder is related to genetics. That fact hasn’t stopped me from reading up on other therapies or reasons that may play a role in my Bipolar Disorder. One thing that has had me concerned for some is mercury poisoning, which is caused by eating fish with mercury in it, or through mercury fillings and can cause neurological damage including dementia and psychosis.


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  • Should Kids Be Medicated for Bipolar Disorder?

    By wildorchid on 3/5/10 4:51pm
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    Bipolar Disorder in ChildrenBipolar Disorder in ChildrenI just read an article today about Bipolar Disorder in children about Judith Warner’s book on the subject. It seems that Judith Warner’s opinion is that Big Pharma actually has it right- children who seem to have the symptoms of Bipolar Disorder should be medicated.

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